Tag: porta-bote

A new dinghy

by Matt | Oct 18, 2022 | Maintenance | 4

Sooner came with a hard shell dinghy, which I think was fiberglass over a wooden frame. You can...

Yet another porta-bote

by Matt | May 24, 2017 | Maintenance | 4

As mentioned in an older update, I’d switched the original 10ft porta-bote for an 8ft...

Prawns, shitty peapod and the world’s worst reefing attempt

by Matt | Apr 25, 2017 | Maintenance | 4

Over the last couple of weeks I managed to get a ton of sailing in – first a 3 day trip to...

Farewell sweet prince~

by Matt | Jun 6, 2016 | Maintenance | 4

So, although I love my porta-bote when it was up and workin’, actually putting the 10′...

Porta-Boat 2

by Matt | Mar 18, 2015 | Maintenance | 1

…. electric boogaloo So yesterday it had stopped (finally) raining, so after work I decided to try to put the porta-boat together. I did it on the deck boat to simulate ~real life conditions~ and managed to do it ok. It...

Porta-Bote adventures

by Matt | Mar 15, 2015 | Maintenance | 4

I’ve needed a dinghy for as long as I’ve had the boat, and after much reading decided that a porta-bote would be the best thing for me. I had 3 main points that I was choosing a dinghy on: – storage/ease of...